NAME

       sockd.fr - Frozen route file for multi-homed SOCKS proxy server

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/sockd.fr

DESCRIPTION

       The  frozen  route file is produced by make_sockdfr and is essentially the memory image of
       the parsed route file. Using the frozen route file can reduce the start-up  delay  of  the
       SOCKS server program since it no longer has to parse the file contents.

       When  the  SOCKS  server  starts,  it always looks for the frozen route file /etc/sockd.fr
       first. If that file is not  found,  it  then  tries  to  use  the  plain-text  route  file
       /etc/sockd.route.  If  you  use  frozen  route file, you must remember to run make_sockdfr
       every time after you modify the plain-text file or the SOCKS server will continue  to  use
       the frozen version of a previous route file.

       To find out the contents of a frozen route file, use dump_sockdfr.

SEE ALSO

       dump_sockdfr(8), make_sockdfr(8), sockd(8), sockd.route(5)

AUTHOR

       Ying-Da Lee, yingda@esd.sgi.com or yingda@best.com

                                           May 6, 1996                                SOCKD.FR(5)